Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System

ABSTRACT

A tote bag that consists of a primary compartment on top of a secondary compartment, and an enclosure flap to cover the tote bag&#39;s secondary compartment. The enclosure flap can be locked in place in both the open and closed positions through hook and loop tape. To close the secondary compartment, the enclosure flap is rotated 180 degrees downwards and affixed to a contrary piece of hook and loop tape. To open the secondary compartment, the enclosure flap is rotated 180 degrees upwards and also affixed to a contrary piece of hook and loop tape.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.61/893,504, filed Oct. 21, 2013, titled “Tote Bag Compartment EnclosureSystem.”

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System serves to provide a handyenclosure system for a tote bag's secondary compartment. Prior art oftote bags indicate single compartment tote bags with an opening at thetop, and pockets or pouches in the walls of the tote bags. Thisinvention has two compartments consisting of a secondary compartmentbelow a primary compartment, and an enclosure flap that covers thesecondary compartment.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System has an enclosure flap which isused to cover a tote bag's secondary compartment for item transport.From the closed position, the enclosure flap is rotated 180 degreesupwards and affixed to a contrary piece of hook and loop tape on thefront of the tote bag's primary compartment for access to the secondarycompartment. From the open position, the enclosure flap is rotated 180degrees downwards and affixed to a contrary piece of hook and loop tapenear the bottom section of the secondary compartment in order to coverand secure the secondary compartment. The enclosure flap has hook andloop tape on both the frontside and backside that allows it to staylocked in place depending on if the secondary compartment is open orclosed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and side illustration of the tote bag with theprimary compartment cover in the open position and the enclosure flap inthe open position.

FIG. 2 is a top, front, and side illustration of the tote bag with theprimary compartment cover in the open position and the enclosure flap inthe closed position.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System consists of a primarycompartment 16 on top of a secondary compartment 22. The secondarycompartment 22 is covered and uncovered by way of the enclosure flap 24.The enclosure flap 24 has an enclosure flap frontal attachment 28 sewnon one side, and an enclosure flap backside attachment 26 sewn on theother side. The exterior frontside of the primary compartment 16 has aprimary compartment attachment 30 sewn on, and the secondary compartmentborder 20 has a secondary compartment attachment 18 sewn on. When theenclosure flap 24 is in the open position, the enclosure flap frontalattachment 28 is attached to the primary compartment attachment 30. Whenthe enclosure flap 24 is in the closed position, the enclosure flapbackside attachment 26 is attached to the secondary compartmentattachment 18.

The Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System is constructed by sewing theedges of a tote bag together to make a four sided tote bag. An enclosureflap 24 is cut out from the lower front part of the tote bag to provideaccess to the secondary compartment 22. A secondary compartment border20 is sewn to the bottom of the secondary compartment 22 to assist insecuring the framing of the secondary compartment 22, and to serve as anintegral piece in the process of securing the enclosure flap 24 in theclosed position. A rigid framing member is dropped into the bag from thetop opening, and slid down to the secondary compartment 22 for structureand support. Hook and loop tape strips are sewn onto four differentlocations of the tote bag to provide an attachment method for theenclosure flap 24 when secured in the open or closed position. A primarycompartment zipper 12 is sewn to the perimeter of the primarycompartment cover 10, as well as the top perimeter of the primarycompartment 16 to provide a way for the primary compartment cover 10 tobe fully secured to the primary compartment 16. Bag handles 14 are sewnto the front and back sides of the tote bag in order to lift andtransport the tote bag.

The Tote Bag Compartment Enclosure System is different from other totebag inventions because it has a secondary compartment 22 below a primarycompartment 16, and an enclosure flap 24 that pivots upwards ordownwards to open or close the secondary compartment 22. Secondly, theenclosure flap 24 is locked into place by hook and loop tape. Lastly,the enclosure flap 24 locks into place in both the open and closedpositions.

1) A compartment enclosure system for a tote bag, comprising of: asecondary compartment below a primary compartment; an enclosure flapthat pivots up or down to expose or cover the secondary compartment; andhook and loop tape that locks the enclosure flap in place. 2) Thecompartment enclosure system for a tote bag as claimed in claim 1,wherein the enclosure flap can be locked into place in both the open andclosed positions.